Motor-driven fan.



H. M. SHEDD. MOTOR DRIVEN PA N. APPLIOATION PILBD JULY 27. 190B.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

ATTORNEY v 1 E STATES air-mm oriruo HARRY M. snEnnoF-Ro'sELtn'Nnw JERSEYLASISIGNOR, BY MEsNn ASSIGNMENIS, TO

WESTINGHOUSE- ELEOTBIG & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or EAST \PITTSBURG,

PENNSYLVANIA, .A CORPORATIONlOIj PENNSYLVANIA.

mo'ron-nmvnn FAN.

Application filed. July 27, 190s. :Seria1No. 445,667

To all tvhomit mag concern:

Beitknown that. I, -HARR M.'Snnnn, a

citizen-of the United, States, residing at Roselle,in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have-invented anew and useful Motor-Driven Fan, ofwhich'the following'is but one direction continuously, will automat ically'i'altcr itsposition periodically in such m annerthat the air currents produced by it 1 5 pass in an ever-changing direction about the iplacewherein it is inoperatio'n, second :j to provide a fan of the above; specified char 'acter which will have a rotative movement in ahorizontalorother plane, through an are 2 of any desired length, third: to 'providea-fan of the above specified characterin which are H combine dlightness, simplicity and economy in cost vof production; and eiiectiveness in operation.

mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which.-

' Figure-l is a front elevation'of a fan-enibodying my'invent'ion. Fig 2 is a plan view (if the fan'shownin Fig. 1, parts being broken away. Fi 3 is aside elevation of a'portion 1 of the mec 'amsm shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Pivotally mounted upon'a base 1 is'a' motor 2, the shaft 3 of which is provided ,[with fan blades 4 "Attached to the motoris a guard or cage '5 which. inclosesthe fan blades in order to protect them'fror'n contact with external objects. Projecting forwardly from the top of the fan guard or eager") is a bar 6, the outerend of which is provided with a bearing for one end of. a shaft 7-. i'The bot tom of the guard-or cage is provided with a similar forwardlyproj ecting bar 8 having a bearing in its outer end for the lower end of the shaft 7Q The shaft 7 is provided with a collar 9 which rests upon-the bar 8, and below the bar it is provided with a gear segment 10 which is clamped to it by a set-screw'll. The shaft 7 is disposed in its bearings substantially parallel to the pivotal axisofthe motor 2 and is provided with a plurality of vanes which are disposed -substantially at right angles-to each other. As here shown, two blades 12 and 13 having the above specified right-angle vrelation are rigidly mounted I ,attain these: objects by the I Specification of Le tters Patent.

- ment with the post :21 which will force Patented Aug. 1c, 1909.

' 'upon the shaft 7 above the motor shaft 3 and "a like pair of'van'es .14 and 15 are rigidly mounted upon the shaft7below the motor shaft;,but I do not intend to limit my inven tion as regards the number-of .vanes or their location upon the shaft'il 1 f v I A lever 16 is located below the bar 8 and is pivoted thereto at-17 insuch mannerthat the gear teeth 18,-with. which-its outer end is pro-- 'vided, will engage theiteetho'f the gear.seg

rn'ent 10. A combined guide andlimit stop '19 for the-inner end of thefleverv'lti 'is suspended from the guard or cage 5, the sides. of

which are so spaced apart that the rotative' ,HIOVGIIlGntSOf theshaft=7 willbe limited to an arc ofninety degrees In order to limit thearc'through-whi h the fan shall turn uponits ivotal support, pro- 'vide the base 1 Witl i a circumferentially curved slot 20 to receive the shanks of pins or posts 21 and 22 which are clamped-inposition by means of nuts andwhich may be adjusted to any extent desired, within, the

limits of the slot. I

In case-oscillationofthe fanthrough an arc of 360ris desired, asingle pin or postwill obviously besufiicient, and, in case continuous rotation of the fanis (lesiredbothpinsor posts will .be removed,

The operation is as follows 5' Assuming that the parts occupy the positions indicated in Figs. 1 and 2-of the drawings, the currents of air from the fan blades will be obstructed by the vanes'12 and 14 to asufficient degree i turn the fan'in a clockwise direction until the inner end of the lever '16 comes into engi said lever end t ortherother-side of the guide 19. As the teethlLS-on the outer end of the. lever engage the: teeth of the gear segment 10, the shaft 7 will. be turned through an angle of ninety degrees and the vanes 13 and 15 be thereby moved intoa plane which. substantially perpendicular to the plane of 'the' shaft 7 and the pivotal axis of the fan.

The vanes 13 and 15 will then obstruct portions of'the air currents from the fan blades to sucha degree as to causethe fan to turn upon its pivotal axis in a contra-clockwise direction until the inner end of the lever 16 engages the post 22 when th'e vanes will be thrown to their original positions by the meansabove described and the fan will again I turn inaclockwise direction. The length of 35 plurality of vanes attached to the shaft anld 'eac upon oscillations'of the the are of oscillation may obviously be varied Y b adjusting. the posts 21 and 22 in the Sld t 20.

Means for turning the current-obstructing 'vanes' which differ from the specific devices here shown and described may be employed, if desired,'and I therefore do not limit the sec e of my invention in this regard.

claim as my invention:

1 The combination with a'pivotally mounted, motor-driven fan, of a shaft centrally dis posed in front of the fan and substantially parallel to its pivotal axis, means dependent fan for imparting limited rotative movements to said shaft,

and a plurality of obstructing vanes disposed at right angles to each other upon said shaft.

2. The combination with a pivotal ed, motor-driven fan, of a shaft centrally dis "rality of 0 angles to each other and attachedto said posed in front of the fan and substantially parallel to its pivotalaxis and susceptible of :ninety degree rotative movements, ,a plustructing vanes disposed at right shaft, means dependent upon oscillations of v the fan for rotatively actuating said shaft and thereby presenting broad vane surfaces 'to the currents of air from the fanalternately at opposite sides of the shaft. I '3. The combination with a pivotally mounted, motor-driven fan, of a shaft centrally dis- ",attached to the res ective ends of said shaft.

lit angles to eachother, a gear segment attached to said shaft, a pivOt- Y July, A. D. 1908.

7 one end to engage v posts supportedon the stationary base of the posed in front of thefan and posed, in .front of the fan and substantially parallel to its pivotal axis, means dependent upon oscillations of the fan for in! arting limitedrotative movements to said s aft, a

disposed in other.- i r 4.v The combination with a ed, motor-driven fan; of a shaft planes at right angles to parallel to its pivotal'axis, obstructing vanes and disposed at rig ally mounted lever havinggear teeth upon said gear segment, and

fan in the path of movement of said le'ver as it swmgs with the fan around the base. 5. The combination witha pivotally mount parallel to ly mountparallel to its pivotal axis, means dependent upon oscillations of the fan for imparting a limited rotative' movement to said shaft and obstructing vanes dis osed at right angles to each other and affixe of said shaft.

7. The combination with a pivotally mount ed, motor-driven fan,'of a shaft'centrally disposed infront of the fan and substantially;

parallel to its pivotal axis, two vanes affixed" to one end of said shaft, substantially at right angles to each other, dis osed vanes aflixed to the other end of sai shaft, a gear segment afiixed tothe lower endlof said shaft, a pivotally mounted lever having gear teeth to mesh with the gear segment on said shaft, and a post or posts pro jecting from the stationary 'base of the fan nto the path of movement of the pivotally mounted lever as it swings around the ba'se with the fans 8'.'The combinationwritha ivotallymount ed, motor-driven fan, ofa p uralit of vanes disposed in two planes substantially at right angles to each other and pi'votally 1nounted I in front of the pivotal axis of--the fan, and pivotallymount:

centrally dissubstantiallymeansdependent upon the oscillations of the vanes to the'cu'rrents of airfrom said fan alternately at opposite sides of the pivotal support.

In witness "whereof I hereunto subscribe 95"{ my name at Roselle, N. J this 10th day of HARRY M. srnann.

Witnesses;

.CHARLES' C. WAITE, W. V. WAID.

and substantially to the respective ends two correspondingly the fan to produce said fan for presenting the broad surfaces of 

